 He is the principal investigator of the "Learning Kit Project", which has developed educational software, now called nStudy, founded on principles of self-regulated learning.Before earning a PhD from Stanford University in 1976, Winne received undergraduate and master's degrees from Bucknell University.He has served as President of the Canadian Educational Researchers Association (1984-1986), the Canadian Association for Educational Psychology (1988-1990), and Division 15-Educational Psychology of the American Psychological Association (2001-2003).